Client Highlight: M&M Area Community Foundation Rebranding
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A Rebrand Built on Listening
When M&M Area Community Foundation began considering a rebrand, the objective wasn’t simply a new logo. It was alignment.
The organization had grown. Its impact had expanded. Stakeholders had clear expectations about where MMACF was headed next. The brand needed to reflect both its legacy and its future.
So we started where all meaningful branding should begin: with listening.
Stakeholder Insight First
Before designing a single visual element, we developed and facilitated stakeholder questionnaires tailored to board members, leadership, and key partners.
The goal was to understand:
How MMACF was currently perceived
Where misalignment existed
What stakeholders believed the future direction should reflect
How the brand could better support community trust and growth
These insights became the strategic foundation for the entire rebrand.
When stakeholders inform branding, it moves from aesthetics to alignment.
A New Identity with Purpose
Using that research, we developed a refreshed logo suite that felt modern, credible, and forward-thinking while maintaining the integrity of the foundation’s mission.
The new identity was designed to function across:
Digital communications
Fund materials
Print collateral
Community outreach initiatives
Every variation was intentional. Every detail supported clarity and consistency.
A Full Business System Rollout
A logo alone doesn’t complete a rebrand.
We implemented the new identity across a full business system, including:
Business cards
Letterhead
Envelopes
Supporting digital materials
This ensured that internal and external communications reflected the same professional, cohesive presence.
Consistency builds trust, especially in the nonprofit space.
Extending the Brand to the Building
The final phase brought the rebrand into the physical environment.
We developed updated building signage so that MMACF’s exterior presence matched the strength of its new identity. This is often the moment a rebrand becomes tangible, when the organization can quite literally see itself differently.
From research to logo, from print to signage, the transformation was full circle.
The Result
The MMACF rebrand aligned stakeholder goals with a modern, cohesive identity system built to support future growth. The process was collaborative, strategic, and comprehensive.
This wasn’t a cosmetic update.
It was a realignment of brand and mission.
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